‘Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning’ is a song by Alan Jackson about 911. It is a sad song that basically ask what each of us, what we were doing when the world trade centers, pentagon and the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania happened. It reminds us …

Straight Outta Lynwood is Weird Al’s latest and greatest CD. It features “White and Nerdy,” “Pancreas,” “Canadian Idiot,” “I’ll Sue Ya,” “Polkarama,” “Virus Alert,” “Confessions Part III,” “Weasel Stomping Day,” “Close But No Cigar,” “Do I Creep You Out,” “Trapped in the Drive-Thru,” and “Don’t Download This Song.” My …

My wife were watching our nightly episode of the show Destination Truth on Netflix Instant Watch last night and, when it was done, realized it wasn’t even 9 yet. Since it was too early to go to bed, we looked for something else to watch.
At first, I thought we …

Falling Away With You is a song by Muse which appears on their record Absolution. The song opens up with an extremely melodic synthesizer rhythm which an acoustic guitar lead soon comes in over. Bellamy’s vocal melody pretty much mimics this acoustic guitar part but it works well nonetheless …

Like millions of other people, I watched the Hope for Haiti Now telethon hosted and organized by George Clooney last Friday, and unlike so many other worthy causes, the music lineup in this show blew me away. Not only was it an international lineup of music superstars singing for …

Overview - Let It Be, the final studio album of The Beatles, is made up more of melodic tracks rather than just traditional rock songs, although there are still some of those on here, mixed with some great songwriting and excellent vocal delivery. For me, there aren’t too many …

It started with the guitarist’s medley and drums which is giving each other a way to put the melody all together. It was another favorite song of mine by Hillsongs Australia and Mighty To Save was sung by Reuben Morgan.
I like the way Reuben sings the song because it …

Outlaw Blues is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Bringing It All Back Home, one of my personal favorites from him. Although Outlaw Blues is still pretty basic in instrumentation, although not quite as stripped down as many of Dylan’s other songs, the rock driven …

Dance In The Dark is a song by Lady Gaga which appears on her album The Fame Monster. The track opens up with a fairly annoying introduction which unfortunately seems to remind me of the music of the 1980s. Gaga’s vocals come in soon enough with more of a …

Stone Sour is what i would describe an alternative metal band. Their second album’s title is Come What(ever) May from Roadrunner Records. It came out on August 1 of this year. I picked this up, but not because their lead vocalist is Corey Taylor or not because one of …

Piggy is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album The Downward Spiral. Something I’ll mention right away is that this song features real drums which is something Nine Inch Nails really don’t do all that often, but more importantly, the drums are pretty important to …

Psychotron is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record Countdown To Extinction. The track opens up with a heavy guitar rhythm at a moderate tempo along with some pounding drums and bass as well. Mustaine comes in with the vocals of this track with a delivery where …

Look out for this name: Justin Bieber. He’s around 14, I think and this kid will really go far. In fact, he has experience singing and rumors have it that he has or is going to have a singing album coming up soon. I first saw him …

Come Thirsty CD of The Perrys was accidentally discovered by me when I was looking for the lyrics to the song “Mary For a While”. I got so in love with this beautiful song that really touched my heart and soul. Further I was really so fascinated with the …

Saliva is one cool music group with a whole lot of talent. First off these guys look like true blue rockers and the lead singer has such an awesome rocker look to himself but his. He is often sporting a cool looking goatee and in fashionable rocker clothes. His …

I Might Be Wrong is a song by Radiohead which appears on their record Amnesiac. The track opens up with some echo-like effects before the main guitar riff comes in. I must say right here that if you want to listen to this song, you’ll either have to enjoy …

Overview —“ Head Like A Hole, the second music video and single released by Nine Inch Nails for their debut record Pretty Hate Machine goes in a similar direction as the music video for Down In It, but the execution and the overall is much better with Head Like …

It’s hard to believe sometimes just how many things you miss while busy doing real life stuff, and for me discovering music that i didn’t get to the first time around for one reason or another is something i really love to do.
Lately, i heard for the first …

I don’t know how to say this, but I’m so in love with jazz music lately. Especially after I’ve listened to Bossa Nova Stories by Eliane Elias. I do not realize that Jazz music, or rather Bossa Nova could be really attractive and seductive. It makes me …

Lil’ Kim ft. Mr. Cheeks
“The Jump Off”
La Bella Mafia
Queen Bee Entertainment/Atlantic Records
Lil’ Kim hadn’t made an album since 2000 at this point and that was her second effort, “The Notorious K.I.M.”, which featured such hits as “No Matter What They Say” and “How Many Licks?”. I’m starting to notice …

“Be Aggressive” is the 9th track off of Faith No More’s highly anticipated album “Angel Dust”. The song was written by Roddy Bottum, Faith No More’s keyboardist.
The song starts off with heavy synthesizers/keyboards followed by the thump of a bass guitar. The guitars have a heavy drowned out …

The famous East African, Kenyan born boy band, Sauti Sol are at it again with their new track ‘Melanin’ featuring Patoranking. The song, released only this week, caused a lot of frenzy on social media as it led to sweet and sour opinions about the music video.
‘Melanin’ is a …

I am not thoroughly familiar with Kanye West’s previous works, but I have listened to his recently released single with Rihanna, “Famous” and I can definitely say that this man is some kind of a genius!
I can certainly remember the time when everyone was angry with Rihanna and him …

“Break” is a song by Three Days Grace on the album Life Starts Now.
The video is set in four rooms for each of the four band members. I like this video and the concept. The members of the band are separated by four rooms and each has their …

Overview —“ Warning, Green Day’s sixth album, really has quite a different sound than what I was expecting it to have and definitely not in a good way. The band seems to try and merge their electric and acoustic influences on this album, but unlike on past works where …

“Good Morning Revival” is the 2007 album from pop-punk band Good Charlotte.It is very different to their previous 3 albums in that it introduces a new Dance sound into Good Charlotte’s normal snotty teen pop-punk sound.Fans of Good Charlotte’s earlier work (I would be one of them)may be disappointed …

I guess I can never get tired of James Blunt’s songs. I do think that he is one of the few singers who can seriously sing and at the same time mean his songs.
From the lyrics to the melody to the delivery, James Blunt’s music really touches my …

I first discovered the alternative band Lifehouse in 2001 when I heard their single Hanging By a Moment. I loved the song and Jason Wade’s voice so much that I had to buy their album, No Name Face. Usually an album has one or two songs that I do …

Moon Is Up is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Voodoo Lounge. This song starts off with a guitar and bass part which has an interesting rhythm but is somewhat difficult to describe without a person actually listening to this track. Jagger soon comes …

I think that the Ancestors would a band with folk metal genre. Arrangement simple logic, Neptune is the god of the sea, which in the title of this album, in contrast with fire, so, Ancestors is a group with the genre of folk metal proud of the values of …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 14″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
If you spent some time wondering where the heck Sylvester went and what happened to him at the end of Episode 13, you will now get your answer. Apparently, he met up with Cathy at a restaurant to discuss how he …

Record Exchange
1600 Spring Garden St
Greensboro, NC 27403
(336) 273-6300
If you like music, then you will be a fan of the record exchange. This psuedo independent record store on west market street is a music lovers dream. One of the greatest features of this store is taht they have musicians come …

This song is from Madonna’s new album. It’s one of my favorite songs right now. Other than the song four minutes it’s my favorite on the album. It’s a good song to dance to and to sing to. I really like it because you can dance and sing to …

“Last Kiss” is a cover song originally written by Wayne Cochran. It appears on the 2003 double disc album “Lost Dogs”. “Last Kiss” happens to be on the second cd and is track number 10. “Last Kiss” was met with praise and success upon its release and reached #2 …

This is the band’s debut album, released in 2000 of Ferret Records and produced by drummer Adam Dutkiewicz. The album is a really impressive debt from the band, several of the songs Temple From Within, Without A Name, and Vida Infra appear on the bands future album Alive Or …

Emotive is the band’s third album, it is a collection of mostly cover songs, one unreleased song called “Passive” that found a home here it is the only song from a project called Tapeworm, consisting of Trent Reznor, Maynard James Keenan, Danny Lohner, and others, the song was renamed …

First Release, Second Album by Thicke. There are two versions of the song and one is a remix version featuring artist Ludacris. Both the original and remix versions of the song are very nice. I always pegged Robin to be a one-hit-wonder, but I have to say that he is …

King Nothing is a song by Metallica which appears on their album Load, the first half of their double record Load/Reload. The song opens up with a guitar lead which gradually fades in along with a bass line that comes in a bit later which supplies the main rhythm …

She’s Royal is the first hit release from Tarrus Riley, a new singer on the reggae scene. This song is such a beautiful and wonderful song. It basically praises the woman he is singing about. It would make any girl feel special.
I personally love this song because the lyrics …

Underdog is arguably one of the greatest hardcore punk bands to ever surface. Unfortunately, until recently most of their recorded material has been obscure and hard to find anywhere. But Bridge 9 Records released “Matchless”- a compilation that puts together combines their “The Vanishing Point” and “Demos” albums together …

I’m Already There is a song by Lonestar. It reminds me of the many times when my husband was out on the road working in Washington DC with a crew that remodeled BP gas stations. He would call on Wednesday nights to talk to the kids and tell …

Sean Paul is a dancehall/reggae singer/artist from Jamaica and I absolutely love his music. he recently released a new album named “A New Age 2008″ which contains a total of 12 individual tracks with all the track times equaling to an astonishing 40 minutes and 23 seconds. I have …

Overview —“ Waiting, the third music video released by Green Day in promotion of their album Warning would have to be what I would consider an unneeded music video. The song Waiting itself is a pretty mediocre song in my opinion and the music video would have to fall …

Overview —“ Come Again, the debut album released by the Canadian rock band Thornley, is actually one of the first rock albums that I really remember listening to and making quite an impression on me. This is an album that carries more personal meaning to me just because it …

Like many other people I was really excited about the return of Doctor who in 2005, and very much the same every time that it has been back on our screens in the past 4 years. What I loved even more was the music that you could hear during …

Rock music seems to have sprouted an absolute ton of different genres over the years, and one of these more current genres is the mixing of a metal like sound with a younger, almost pop sounding singer. Most of the time, it creates music that seems out of place …

Drunken Lullabies is the title track of an album by Flogging Molly. The track starts off with an Irish sounding riff which is very characteristic of the band. The track soon really gets going with more instrumentation joining in to double up on this riff and give the song …

I stumbled upon this amazing album recently. About 3 months ago I was just searching youtube and came across, You Only Get What You Give. That was their biggest hit and is an amazing song. The band was short lived due to Gregg Alexander not liking the high life, …

The Greater Good is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album Year Zero. The song opens up with an eerie synthesizer part along with an electronic drum rhythm which gives the song that very dark industrial atmosphere characteristic to Nine Inch Nails. Thus far everything …

Overview —“ Walking Contradiction, the fourth music video released by Green Day for their album Insomniac shows the band in yet another hilarious music video. The music video for Walking Contradiction sort of reminds me of the music video for When I Come Around because both of the music …